Central but enigmatic figure at the birth of the Beat Generation, for “that story” we’ll send you to thisNew York Times piece. (altho’ we have reservations about the author’s Kerouac hatchet-job – here)

For earlier postings on Lucien on The Allen Ginsberg Project – see here and also here.

Will he ever be able to escape his adolescent notoriety? (and now compounded and extended, entering the mainstream of popular culture by Dane De Haan‘s portrayal of him in the Kill Your Darlings film).